ISBN:
9780226356556
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
xx, 342 p.
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Available via World Wide Web
Paralleltitel:
Print version Democracy and the left
DDC:
303.3
Schlagwort(e):
Welfare state -- Latin America
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Income distribution -- Latin America
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Latin America -- Social policy
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Latin America -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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Latin America -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
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Equality -- Latin America
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Kurzfassung:
&P&Although inequality in Latin America ranks among the worst in the world, it has notably declined over the last decade, offset by improvements in health care and education, enhanced programs for social assistance, and increases in the minimum wage.&/P&&DIV&In &i&Democracy and the Left,&/i& Evelyne Huber and John D. Stephens argue that the resurgence of democracy in Latin America is key to this change. In addition to directly affecting public policy, democratic institutions enable left-leaning political parties to emerge, significantly influencing the allocation of social spending on poverty
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acronyms; Preface and Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Theoretical Framework and Methodological Approach; Chapter 3. Strategy for Redistribution and Poverty Reduction; Chapter 4. The Development of Social Policy Regimes in the ISI Period; Chapter 5. The Determinants of Social Spending, Inequality, and Poverty: Quantitative Evidence; Chapter 6. Neoliberal Reforms and the Turn to Basic Universalism; Chapter 7. Iberia and the Advanced Latin American Social Policy Regimes: Explaining the Different Trajectories; Chapter 8. Conclusion
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
NotesReferences; Index;
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